Treasures of Penrith's Past Exhibition : Celebrating the Bicentenary of Penrith 1815-2015 : On exhibition in Penrith City Library March to September 2015
Penrith City Library
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
Booklet produced in conjunction with an historical exhibition of objects and documents drawn from the collections of Penrith City library and local historical groups and private collections.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
Penrith : NSW : Penrith City Council, 2015
Collation:
79 pages : colour photographs and maps
Contents:
Contents: Introduction - Penrith's indigenous past - Aboriginal tools - Nellie, the last of her tribe - Penrith's convict past - The amazing story of McCooey's pardon - Treasures from Emu Hall - Penrith's colonial past - Nepean river - the Nile of Botany Bay - Lease of premised on High Street, Penrith, 10 May 1850 - The Woodriff Estate - Reading the news - Penrith - A railway town - Penrith's military past - Staff nurse Constance Neale's trunk - Val - Penrith's sporting past - It's not just cricket - Penrith's municipal past - Ceremonial silver trowel - Loan document - Regal visitors - Penrith's recent past - Surveying the city - Troughton & Sims - In the Research room - Everingham vs the Council of the Municipality of Penrith Appeal Book - Penrith postcards - Penrith City Library newspaper cuttings and photographs, 1948-1964 - Council reports - Penrith Centenary 1871-1971 - Penrith Show - United Grand Lodge of NSW, Queens Lodge, No 229 - From Dharug and Dungaree to the Makings of a city.
Dewey class:
994.41
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
340333
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 994.41 PEN | Not for loan (Set: 24 Jan 2022) |
| Research | Local Book | 994.41 PEN | Not for loan (Set: 01 May 2017) |
| Research | Local Book | 994.41 PEN | Not for loan (Set: 01 May 2017) |